San Pedro, Guatemala 24-25/1-2007

At the first day at class, Ramon managed to fish out of me that I had been a teacher in mathematics in Norway. He then asked if I would be interested in teaching the children in one of their help projects mathematics whein I was here. This sounded very interesting, and even dough I know not much spanish, I naturally was willing to help.

I started at 7.30. The first day I had absolutely no clue about what matematical level they had, since they are between 12 and 15 years old. I choose to hold a kind of lecture, and then have a test next day.

My spanish class was at 16.00 the second day, so I had plenty of time to go around in town and do my homework. (Yes, I did get homework.)

Today I let the pupils do the same kind of excercises that I showed them yesterday. It is basicly multiplication into paranteses and multiplication and simplification of fractions, and I see that we have some work to do. The language is naturally a barrier, but the pupils are from very poor familys that can not afford to pay for their school, so I think they are willing to give it a try, and I guess they also hope that my spanish will improve.

I have decided to stay here next week also. The spanish is tough, butI think I learn a lot in a very short time and that is good since I only have a month left of my leave from my work.